[harit]

Referring to my picture, so much enthusiasm and replies. Just as I expected.
I shows this picture to a friend of mine, he says that in his old Fiat, he has the same rear view mirror, and that there is a wire running behind it. Could the mirror have been illuminated?
When I looked behind in the second photo, there is one more detail, it says 4.30 PM.

Cheers harit

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by harit

Referring to my picture, so much enthusiasm and replies. Just as I expected.

And there is a good reason why you will often see so much enthusiasm (from us at least) over a humble Fiat compared to something exclusive as Rolls - we all grew up seeing them, often had one of them and relate to them.

I found this photo of a 1957 Chevy in my family albums. Nobody in the house remembers this photo, or who took it. It appears to be in Kerala, the regn maybe KRE 7453 (which matches records with the RTO).

[SuperSelect]

Originally Posted by harit

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I shows this picture to a friend of mine, he says that in his old Fiat, he has the same rear view mirror, and that there is a wire running behind it. Could the mirror have been illuminated?

Upto 1962, Fiats did have illuminated mirrors.. But this one looks different.

[anjan_c2007]

Originally Posted by SuperSelect

Upto 1962, Fiats did have illuminated mirrors..

In fact all the Super Selects had illuminated RV mirrors that were connected to the driver's door for illumination. The mirror and also had a black switch for on/off purpose.There was another interior light affixed on the inside of the C pillar also with an on/off switch. This was semi oval shaped.
The 1100D (1965 onwards) came without such illuminated mirrors.

[ajay99]

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

And there is a good reason why you will often see so much enthusiasm (from us at least) over a humble Fiat compared to something exclusive as Rolls - we all grew up seeing them, often had one of them and relate to them.

I found this photo of a 1957 Chevy in my family albums. Nobody in the house remembers this photo, or who took it. It appears to be in Kerala, the regn maybe KRE 7453 (which matches records with the RTO).

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the car is indeed an ernakulam car but the location although appears to be in Kerala, one cannot be certain, because note that none of the shop names are written in Malayalam, but in English,HIndi and even Tamil.It could be Coimbatore .If it is Kerala, then it is most likely Mattanchery

[Wind]

Originally Posted by ajay99

the car is indeed an ernakulam car but the location although appears to be in Kerala, one cannot be certain, because note that none of the shop names are written in Malayalam, but in English,HIndi and even Tamil.It could be Coimbatore .If it is Kerala, then it is most likely Mattanchery

The place could very well be Kanyakumari . There is a Annapurana Gujarati hotel there (source :Gujarati Bhavan) . Till 1951, Kanyakumari was part of the erstwhile Travancore Cochin state which became Kerala. In 1951, when Kerala was formed, Kanyakumari district became part of Tamil Nadu.

So the answer to the question, "In which state where the car is parked?" depends on when the picture was taken.


-- Wind

[harit]

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

I found this photo of a 1957 Chevy in my family albums. Nobody in the house remembers this photo, or who took it. It appears to be in Kerala, the regn maybe KRE 7453 (which matches records with the RTO).

Two observations.
There appears to be a Beetle in the background, when you magnify the image you can see the 1300 / 1500 or whatever monogram in the background.
This Chevy is not the regular Belair, the side lined panel at the rear mudguard appears to be missing. Early transition models of this Chevy were missing these.

Cheers harit

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by Wind

So the answer to the question, "In which state where the car is parked?" depends on when the picture was taken.

The car dates to 1957, and the registration date I think is 1970s, so the picture was taken after the 1970s. Condition of the car also more or less backs this up. We also see a Mk 4 Amby which was introduced in the late 70s.

Originally Posted by harit

This Chevy is not the regular Belair, the side lined panel at the rear mudguard appears to be missing. Early transition models of this Chevy were missing these.

I think those models were called the 210 - there was a powder blue car in Pune for many years which shifted to Bangalore (but remained in the family). Last pictures I saw on the forum showed the car in a derelict state.

[wasif]

In the 57 Chevy range there was the base 150 series then came the 210 and then the top of the line was the Bel Air amongst others

[harit]

I have finally managed to really freak out Karl, earlier I could only impress him. Have a look at the pictures below, and then read the text.



Almost 2 weeks ago I purchased a Rolls sales brochure. The guy had a torn album, there were car pictures, he gave me a scissor and told me to cut the pictures which I wanted. The album involved a Parsi family, and the album being in a bad state this was allowed. I had told Karl about these pictures, the 7 seater Fiat, the nice tourer seen from rear, as these were good pictures.



10 days later I was talking to a friend in Delhi, he told me that he had purchased an original photo album of Mr. Clyde Waddell, an American Photographer who was in Calcutta during world war II. Many of his pictures are on this thread, and have been extensively discussed. While talking to my friend, I started looking at this thread from page 1..........freaked, called Karl, went home checked the pictures, found that all are NOT identical, now what do you say to that??? Have kept them in the same order.

Now compare the pictures on page 1 and here.

Cheers harit

From page 1

From my album



From page 1

From my album



From page 1

From my album

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by harit

I have finally managed to really freak out Karl, earlier I could only impress him. Have a look at the pictures below, and then read the text.



Almost 2 weeks ago I purchased a Rolls sales brochure. The guy had a torn album, there were car pictures, he gave me a scissor and told me to cut the pictures which I wanted. The album involved a Parsi family, and the album being in a bad state this was allowed. I had told Karl about these pictures, the 7 seater Fiat, the nice tourer seen from rear, as these were good pictures.

10 days later I was talking to a friend in Delhi, he told me that he had purchased an original photo album of Mr. Clyde Waddell, an American Photographer who was in Calcutta during world war II. Many of his pictures are on this thread, and have been extensively discussed. While talking to my friend, I started looking at this thread from page 1..........freaked, called Karl, went home checked the pictures, found that all are NOT identical, now what do you say to that??? Have kept them in the same order.

Now compare the pictures on page 1 and here.

Cheers harit

Now isn't this astounding? The world is a small place, the vintage and classic circle is even smaller.

My set of photos was given to me by the lady in Pune seen in most photos as a child. She was ailing and subsequently passed away. In those last few days I'm told her servants stole a lot of things from the house, including many large old albums. These must have found their way to sellers in Bombay I assume, from where you got them. Now everyone knows why its called Chor Bazaar

This first set of photos that I got mean a lot to me - they even started this Nostalgic thread, by far my favorite on the forum. And Harit, it is because of these first photos that we met and you joined the forum.

Spectacular stuff!

[ajay99]

Originally Posted by Wind

The place could very well be Kanyakumari . There is a Annapurana Gujarati hotel there (source :Gujarati Bhavan) . Till 1951, Kanyakumari was part of the erstwhile Travancore Cochin state which became Kerala. In 1951, when Kerala was formed, Kanyakumari district became part of Tamil Nadu.

So the answer to the question, "In which state where the car is parked?" depends on when the picture was taken.


-- Wind

Kerala state was formed in 1956 not 1951.Also I agree with Karl that this photo was taken some time after 1979.

[invinci]

These photographs of Mahatma Gandhi, Mohammed Ali & other INC members being taken from the Railway Station to the Congress Session venue in 1924.








The photographs & article was posted by Dr. Nitin Khot on www.allaboutbelgaum.com

These photographs are certainly not from my family, I couldn't find a better thread to post. can anybody identify the vehicle?

regards
invinci

[harit]

An old scene somewhere in Mumbai, probably some function held in the shamyana behind. There may be more Premiers here than there were recently at Dadar 5 garden meet

Cheers harit

[harit]

Here is an Ariel bike, has a nice spotlight cum rearview mirror, AA badge, front shield. Must be Parsi owned.
May have a sidecar also.

Cheers harit